#19

My morning started off with a site meeting at the Fiesta mall where a proposed Longhorn Stake House is going to be built. I met with the grading contractor and the superintendent to go over the soils report. The site was previously compacted and consisted of approved engineered fill, so no excavation was needed for the building slab. The only thing that was required by the engineer was to observe and verify  one foot of scarification and compaction for the building pad. The top foot of the pad was ripped and water was added to the soil. The soil was then compacted. I took four density test for on the building pad. Probing and density test confirmed that the soil met a minimum 95% compaction.  After I finished up my paper work I was off to two other jobs to pick up concrete samples. One of those jobs is the City Scape apartments that are in downtown Phoenix. I’m sure you have seen the construction going on your way to ASU.